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To introduce the place, this was my first time at the Jardin Moderne, which is a venue colocated with music related associative structures (studio…). It can be found on the remote outskirts of Rennes, in the middle of an industrial zone.

First part was managed by l’Oeil du Sourd, a Magma-type band with keyboards (handling also most of the bass duties), drums (most of the time, I thought it was a bit dull, but the drummer is almost the best part of the show, even when not playing), guitar (unimpressive with no tone or presence), violin (like it), sax (duh) and vocals (the closest element to magma, since I couldn’t make any sense of what was sung, and hopefully this was intentional). There were a few good spots, but most of the time it lacked something (more groove or rhythm?). They played for about one hour.

And then, it took 45 mins to shuffle everything on stage to set it up for One shot, because the stage itself is small and it just requires work. But it meant that the main band would start at 23h, and I think it’s a bit late for just one first part band, but c’est la vie.

So, here comes One Shot. As usual, the groove and atmosphere is occupied by the bass, while the rhodes and the guitar go around. I still love Daniel Jeand’heur on Drums.

And then, it ended, and it was all rain outside. Great.

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